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[Salem]

I see a lot of people asking others to make signatures for them, if they don't have the software then that's understandable but some people have the software but are too lazy to learn the techniques themselves by trial and error. This is a simple tutorial that will make you understand the basics of a clean, nice-looking '2.0'-styled forum signature, the same technique could be used for making other stuff(flyer, logo etc.) also.

Edited by Salem, 25 June 2008 - 12:56 PM.

[Navy2]

Sweet!

[-Dexter]

Nice work!

Also check out Deziner Folio's Ultimate Web 2.0 Gradient Pack. I use it every time I make anything Web 2.0-styled in PS.

[tropicalfish]

Yay!

[Salem]

Glad that you guys liked it! and nice work tropicalfish could you guys suggest me another technique you want to learn?

[Bell417]

What font did you use? I am using the latest version of Paint.Net so I'm having to guess at the Paint.Net names (or in some cases, equivelent effects) for some of the effects you use, but I seem to be getting pretty close! Paint.Net has the following blending modes, which do you think is closest to stroke?


Oh, one more thing, are the background and the rectangle on the same layer? I can't tell from your pics.

Edited by Bell417, 26 June 2008 - 08:55 AM.

[Salem]

Bell417, on Jun 26 2008, 05:51 PM, said:

What font did you use? I am using the latest version of Paint.Net so I'm having to guess at the Paint.Net names (or in some cases, equivelent effects) for some of the effects you use, but I seem to be getting pretty close! Paint.Net has the following blending modes, which do you think is closest to stroke?


Oh, one more thing, are the background and the rectangle on the same layer? I can't tell from your pics.

For the first question look at this topic and download the plug-in.
As for the second one, the background and the rectangle are on separate layers.

[Bell417]

Thanks! What font did you use?

[Salem]

Bell417, on Jun 26 2008, 06:11 PM, said:

Thanks! What font did you use?

Forgot to mention it, it's Frutiger Linotype.

Edited by Salem, 26 June 2008 - 09:45 AM.

[Bell417]

Thanks, I'm going to try to find a download for it.

[Bell417]

All right, I found the font. Here's two variants of my first attempt:
This is the original:

Here's the original with a faint drop shadow on the font:

Thanks for the tutorial, Salem.

[tropicalfish]

Salem, on Jun 26 2008, 09:44 AM, said:

Bell417, on Jun 26 2008, 06:11 PM, said:

Thanks! What font did you use?

Forgot to mention it, it's Frutiger Linotype.

It looked pretty close to Verdana, so that's what I used.

[Chief_Bean]

Bell417, on Jun 26 2008, 06:10 PM, said:

All right, I found the font. Here's two variants of my first attempt:
This is the original:

Here's the original with a faint drop shadow on the font:

Thanks for the tutorial, Salem.

I prefer the one with the drop shadowed text

[Salem]

@tropicalfish: I see nice work btw.
@Bell417: nice work, I agree with chief bean, prefer the one with drop shadow.

[Bell417]

Thanks, I'm glad you like it!

Edited by Bell417, 26 June 2008 - 01:25 PM.

[Rambie2006]

i don't know what i am doing wrong but im getting this:

[tropicalfish]

Make a rectangle of your favorite color.
And then when you apply the stroke, pick either Outside, Inside, or Center, and choose a width. Salem uses 4 px.

Then choose a color. Salem uses white.

[Highlander.]

Very cool tutorial. I made me one

[Salem]

@Rambie: follow what tropicalfish said
@Bradley: that looks fantastic!

[Rambie2006]

finaly it worked!!